diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 47e54ab..ecc6488 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
-# First release
+# v0.1.2
 
 ## cli
-- upload
-- list
-- search
-- users
-- categories
-
-## tokencracker
-- cracks tokens
+- optimized listing by not searching on the client but on the server
diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 58fe93d..7ffdc8d 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "cli"
-version = "0.1.1"
+version = "0.1.2"
 authors = ["LordMZTE <lord@mzte.de>"]
 edition = "2018"
 
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ structopt = "0.3.21"
 term-table = "1.3.0"
 term_size = "0.3.2"
 tokio = { version = "0.2.23", features = ["macros", "fs", "process"] }
+url = "2.2.0"
+
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/list.rs b/cli/src/commands/list.rs
index 8aa8d32..3059ade 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/list.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/list.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@ pub async fn run(
     // This needs to be done so both users, memes and categories will be requested
     // at once
     let (memes, ..) = tokio::try_join!(
-        api::memes(http),
+        api::memes(
+            http,
+            cat.as_ref().map(String::as_ref),
+            user.as_ref().map(String::as_ref)
+        ),
         async {
             if let Some(c) = cat.as_ref() {
                 util::assert_category_exists(http, c).await
@@ -29,12 +33,7 @@ pub async fn run(
         },
     )?;
 
-    let memes = memes
-        .into_iter()
-        .filter(|&m| cat.as_ref().map(|q| &m.category == q).unwrap_or(true))
-        .filter(|&m| user.as_ref().map(|q| &m.user == q).unwrap_or(true));
-
-    let mut memes = memes.collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let mut memes = memes.iter().collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     if let Some(s) = sorting {
         s.sort_with(&mut memes);
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/search.rs b/cli/src/commands/search.rs
index e1a4705..c4b83ac 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/search.rs
+++ b/cli/src/commands/search.rs
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ pub async fn run(
     user: Option<String>,
     cat: Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
-    let memes = api::memes(http);
     let (memes, ..) = tokio::try_join!(
-        memes,
+        api::memes(
+            http,
+            cat.as_ref().map(String::as_ref),
+            user.as_ref().map(String::as_ref),
+        ),
         async {
             if let Some(u) = user.as_ref() {
                 util::assert_user_exists(http, u).await
@@ -33,11 +36,6 @@ pub async fn run(
 
     info!("Starting search with query '{}'", query);
 
-    let memes = memes
-        .iter()
-        .filter(|m| user.as_ref().map(|u| u == &m.user).unwrap_or(true))
-        .filter(|m| cat.as_ref().map(|u| u == &m.category).unwrap_or(true));
-
     for meme in memes {
         let file_name = meme.file_name()?;
         if let Some(score) = fuzzy_matcher::clangd::fuzzy_match(file_name, &query) {
diff --git a/cli/src/util.rs b/cli/src/util.rs
index ec4af35..105923b 100644
--- a/cli/src/util.rs
+++ b/cli/src/util.rs
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ pub mod api {
     use log::info;
     use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
     use reqwest::Client;
+    use url::Url;
 
     // cached api responses
     static CATS: OnceCell<Vec<String>> = OnceCell::new();
@@ -48,13 +49,28 @@ pub mod api {
         }))
     }
 
-    pub async fn memes(http: &Client) -> Result<&Vec<Meme>> {
+    pub async fn memes<'a>(
+        http: &Client,
+        cat_filter: Option<&str>,
+        usr_filter: Option<&str>,
+    ) -> Result<&'a Vec<Meme>> {
         Ok(init_once_cell!(MEMES, {
+            let mut url = Url::options().parse("https://data.tilera.xyz/api/jensmemes/memes")?;
+            let mut pairs = url.query_pairs_mut();
+
+            if let Some(cat) = cat_filter {
+                pairs.append_pair("category", cat);
+            }
+
+            if let Some(usr) = usr_filter {
+                pairs.append_pair("user", usr);
+            }
+
+            // drop required in order to move the URL into the request
+            drop(pairs);
+
             info!("Requesting memes from server");
-            let res = http
-                .get("https://data.tilera.xyz/api/jensmemes/memes")
-                .send()
-                .await?;
+            let res = http.get(url).send().await?;
             let memes = serde_json::from_slice::<MemesResp>(&res.bytes().await?)?;
 
             memes.memes